Journal Articles Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology Year : 2014

The Blind Shall See! The Question of Anonymity in Journal Peer Review.

David Pontille
Didier Torny

Abstract

This article examines the issue of the respective knowledge of authors and reviewers: is it fairer to judge a manuscript in the full light of day, or hidden away from prying eyes? Should one know everything about the authors of a manuscript, or nothing at all? In short, does the anonymity of the reviewers and/or authors guarantee or prevent an objective assessment? It looks at how these became central issues for scientific journals between 1950 and 1970. It then examine how, from the 1980s onwards, a certain number of categories became stabilized, such as the "single blind" and "double blind" and "open review", which lay down the options available to journals and learned societies.
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halshs-00981277 , version 1 (23-04-2014)

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David Pontille, Didier Torny. The Blind Shall See! The Question of Anonymity in Journal Peer Review.. Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, 2014, 4, http://adanewmedia.org/2014/04/issue4-pontilletorny/. ⟨10.7264/N3542KVW⟩. ⟨halshs-00981277⟩
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